Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?

Brain glial cells secrete several molecules that can modulate the survival of neurons after various types of damage to the CNS. Activated microglia and astrocytes closely associate to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer Disease (AD). They could have a role in the neurotoxicity observed in AD because of the...

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Autores principales: VON BERNHARDI,ROMMY, RAMIREZ,GIGLIOLA
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Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-976020010002000172002-01-02Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?VON BERNHARDI,ROMMYRAMIREZ,GIGLIOLA Apoptosis ß-amyloid cell activation inflammatory process neurotoxicity senile plaques Brain glial cells secrete several molecules that can modulate the survival of neurons after various types of damage to the CNS. Activated microglia and astrocytes closely associate to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer Disease (AD). They could have a role in the neurotoxicity observed in AD because of the inflammatory reaction they generate. There is controversy regarding the individual part played by the different glial cells, and the interrelationships between them. Both astrocytes and microglia produce several cytokines involved in the inflammatory reaction. Moreover, the same cytokines may have different effects, depending on their concentration and the type of cells in the vicinity. In turn, the events occurring in response to injury may lead to changes in the nature and relative concentration of the various factors involved. To learn about these putative glial interrelationships, we examined some effects of astrocytes on microglial activationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileBiological Research v.34 n.2 20012001-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602001000200017en10.4067/S0716-97602001000200017
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Apoptosis
ß-amyloid
cell activation
inflammatory process
neurotoxicity
senile plaques
spellingShingle Apoptosis
ß-amyloid
cell activation
inflammatory process
neurotoxicity
senile plaques
VON BERNHARDI,ROMMY
RAMIREZ,GIGLIOLA
Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
description Brain glial cells secrete several molecules that can modulate the survival of neurons after various types of damage to the CNS. Activated microglia and astrocytes closely associate to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer Disease (AD). They could have a role in the neurotoxicity observed in AD because of the inflammatory reaction they generate. There is controversy regarding the individual part played by the different glial cells, and the interrelationships between them. Both astrocytes and microglia produce several cytokines involved in the inflammatory reaction. Moreover, the same cytokines may have different effects, depending on their concentration and the type of cells in the vicinity. In turn, the events occurring in response to injury may lead to changes in the nature and relative concentration of the various factors involved. To learn about these putative glial interrelationships, we examined some effects of astrocytes on microglial activation
author VON BERNHARDI,ROMMY
RAMIREZ,GIGLIOLA
author_facet VON BERNHARDI,ROMMY
RAMIREZ,GIGLIOLA
author_sort VON BERNHARDI,ROMMY
title Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
title_short Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
title_full Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
title_fullStr Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
title_full_unstemmed Microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in Alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
title_sort microglia ­ astrocyte interaction in alzheimer's disease: friends or foes for the nervous system?
publisher Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate 2001
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602001000200017
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